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[Arkansas courthouses]: Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. – Historic Print

[Arkansas courthouses]: Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Arkansas courthouses]: Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Courthouses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Arkansas courthouses]: Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Arkansas courthouses]: Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co.

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The courthouse in Pine Bluff, seat of Jefferson County in southeastern Arkansas, anchors this view of a city that grew up along the Arkansas River and became a busy hub for cotton, lumber, and rail shipping. The caption card gives no date, so the photograph's exact age is uncertain. Courthouses of this kind were usually the civic center of their county, housing the court, county offices, and records. Views like this are useful for studying local architecture and the public square around the building, and they can be compared with later photographs of the same site to trace changes over time.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ark.; Courthouses--Ark.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147396

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